Sine gage



Jan- 20, 1959 w. M. DWYER V 2,869,242

SINE: GAGE Filed Feb. 7, 195e L .2. i7 l5 Ma f5 jj M INVENTOR BWM/m ATTORNEYS Unitedv dStaticslgate'ifif y; ,ce

SINE GAGE Walter M. Dwyer, Hamden, Conn., assignor to The Grelst Manufacturing Company, New Haven, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application February 7, 1956, Serial No. 563,904 s claims. (ci. 33-174) in a predetermined angular position.

Devices of the type conventionally employed, in general require considerable time and specialized techniques for their operation. Other devices include slidably engageable members with the result that readings become unreliable on continued and extended frictional contact between the movable parts.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sine gage which is positive in operation and wherein the elevation of the work-supporting member may be easily determined with accurate precision. These and other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying drawings showing an example of a device embodying the features of the invention, wherein:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the device;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, it will be bserved that the device comprises a frame of U-shape form in cross section consisting of spaced side members and 11, which are connected by a rear wall 12. A pair of standards 13 are connected to the side members 10 and 11, and a rod 14 is rotatably mounted in the standards 13. To the rod 14 is secured a work-supporting member or block 15 which is designed to support the work or other object at a predetermined angle while being subjected to cutting operations or the like. The worksupporting member is angularly rockable about the pivot provided by the rod 14 in a manner to be presently described.

In order to determine the angle to which the worksupporting block 15 is to be set, a micrometer-like device is provided, this device, however, being swiveled so as to allow for the angular disposition of the work support 15. To the support 15 is secured a rod 16 at a point spaced from the rod 14, and to a screw-threaded member 17 is secured a head 17, which is pivoted at 18 to the rod 16. Mounted upon the screw-threaded member 17 is a cage 19 which moves up and down with thel screw-threaded member by means presently to be described. The head 17a extends upwardly into an arcuate 15* in the support 15.

Threaded upon the screw-threaded member 17 is a cir cular nut 20 rotatably mounted in a collar 22. This collar 22 is supported upon pins or trunnions 23 and 24 secured to the spaced side members 10 and 11, respectively, so that the screw-threaded member 17, cage 19, circular nut 20, and the collar 22 are mounted for slight rocking motion as the angular disposition of the work support 15 2,869,242 y @remettait 20.1955

2 is varied, as will be readily understood. It will be appreciated that this rocking motion of cage 19 and associated elements is essential since the pivot point 18 travels thrtliigh au arc about the center point rather than vertica y.

This latter permits movement of the supporting table 15 up and down about the vpivot 14 by rotation of the nut 20, thereby precisely positioning the work-Supporting block 15 at any predetermined desired angle. The circular nut 20 is, of course, held against vertical movement by virtue of the collar bearing 22 and the pins 23 and 24 so that rotation of the circular nut 20 imparts up and down movement to the screw-threaded member 17, the cake 19, work support 15, and associated elements.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a scale 26 is provided at one side of the cage 19, whereby the sine value for any anguiar position of the work table 15 may be readily ascertained from appropriate tables. The circular nut 20 is likewise calibrated for the purpose of precisely ascertaining the angular degree of elevation corresponding to any intermediate point between the calibrations on the vertical scale 26.

The angle-forming device of the present invention may be employed in a variety of useful ways in the machine shop and tool room. One of its principal applications is for holding a work piece at a predetermined angle for machining purposes. Other applications and uses of the device will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. An angle-measuring device comprising a frame, a work-supporting member pivotally mounted in said frame, a screw-threaded member pivoted at one end to the underside of the work-supporting member at a point spaced from said pivot position, a circular nut threaded to the free end of said screw-threaded member for elevating and lowering the work-supporting member, a circumferential collar within which said nut is rotatably supported, spaced, laterally directed trunnions for pivotally mounting said collar in the frame, a cage secured to the screw-threaded member and adapted for movement with said member on manual rotation of said circular nut, said cage including a vertical scale disposed in spaced relation to the screw threaded member and adjacent an edge of said circular nut, whereby the degree of angular elevation of the work-supporting member may be determined.

2. An angle-measuring device comprising a frame, a work-supporting member pivotally mounted in said frame, a screw-threaded member pivoted at one end to the underside of the work-supporting member at a point spaced from said pivot position, a circular nut threaded to the free endof said screw-threaded member for elevating and lowering the work-supporting member, a circumferential collar within which said nut is rotatably supported, spaced, laterally directed trunnions for pivotally mounting said collar in the frame, a cage secured to the screw-threaded member and adapted for movement with said member on manual rotation of said circular nut, said cage including a vertical scale disposed in spaced relation to the screw threaded member and adjacent an edge of said circular uut, whereby the degree of angular elevation of the work-supporting member may be determined, and the circular nut being calibrated for measuring fractions of degrees on said vertical scale.

3. A sine gage comprising spaced side members, a work-supporting member pivotally supported thereon to lie above the space between said members, a screwthreaded member pivoted at one end to the underface of said worksupporting member at a point spaced from the piyotal axis of the :latter-.andr extending into the' space Referencesclted inthe l'e of' this patent between the sidememb'ers, an adjusting nut threaded upon l l I the extended end of said Screw-threaded member for ele r UNITEDWSTIES'PAEENTS vating and lowering the work-supporting member upon 1221668 Bruntfm "f- Apr' 3' 1917 rotation ofl the nut, a collar embracing the Ynut by-which 5 1409343 Karaslck Mar' 14 1922 the latter is rotatably carried, and a Ytrunknionmembel' 1'476573 Alle? Dec 4' 1923 extending from each side member into said collar t0 1'506'7-04 Whamson Aug' 26 1924 pivotally support the latter and restrainit from other than 1595733 Rogach Aug' 10 1926 bivoted movement; a scale member secured to the screw- 2'373641 Ackelzson Apr' 17 1945 threaded member and disposed in .spaced relation Yto -the l0 2384343 Rondmone Sept' 4' 1945 latter adjacent the edge of the nut. 2-'404'88'0 I Latem July 30 1946 2,505,928 Worby May 2, 1950 OTHER REFERENCES McDowelliAbstraetiApp..No. 634,131, pub. Aug. 15, 15 195o. 

